BETH CARTER
Beth Carter is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK and an Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, UK. Her bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings often integrate the human figure with the animal world creating mythological hybrids and extraordinary fictional compositions.
The human-animal relationship is an ancient and complex one, our history and evolution are deeply intertwined with animals as are our cultural and spiritual lives. Over the past 30 years Carter has used animal imagery in her sculpture and drawings which has allowed her to develop both a personal symbolic language and a lens through which she explores recurring themes of duality, transformation, power and vulnerability. Carter says of her work: ‘’paradoxically, I find the use of human-animal hybrids somehow conveys our human concerns or predicaments more directly than the human figure alone. The imagery resonates more directly with our psyche and emotions, allowing us to by-pass our intellect and access the dreaming, intuitive parts of ourselves’’.
Carter is represented by galleries in the UK, USA and Belgium. Her work is exhibited and held in private collections internationally as well as the permanent collections of the Muskegon Museum of Art, MI, USA, the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art, MA, USA and FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), France. In 2023 Carter’s work was loaned to the Commune of Mougins for exhibition at the Chapelle Notre- Dame-de-Vie, Mougins, France as part of events marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso and in 2024 from The Levett Collection of female artists to the Louvre-Lens, France for their 'Animaux
Fantastiques’ exhibition. She has subsequently been invited as the artist for 'Mougins Monumental 2026’ with her sculptures being exhibited throughout the village for the duration of the year.
Artist Statement
“Working within the realms of a sculptural tradition where the symbolic use of animal imagery is a potent and continuous source, my work creates allegories by, amongst other things, integrating the human form with animal forms. The resulting imagery holds both a timeless significance and a contemporary relevance despite and because of our separation from the natural world. It is important for me that my sculpture and drawings are accessible on an individual level as well as implicating more archetypal themes common to human experience.”
Academic Achievements
2021 Royal West of England Academician, RWA, Bristol, UK
1992-1995 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Sunderland University, UK
1993-1994 Placement at the Cyprus College of Art, Cyprus
1991 Period of study at the Academy of Fine Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
1990-1991 Art Foundation, Bath College of Further Education
Exhibits
Nov 2025 Joint Exhibition, Beth Carter and Marc Chalmé, M Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Sep-Dec 2025 RWA 172 Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Sep-Oct 2025 Rediscovering Threads of the 70s, LKFF Art Projects, Beersel, Belgium
Jul 2025 Strange Magic, Andelli Art, Wells, UK
Mar 2025 Dollhouse, VFA Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY, USA
Mar 2025 Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK
Jan 2025 London Art Fair with Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Nov 24-Jan 25 Fauna, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Oct-Nov 24 Wandering Star, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
Sept 2024 British Art Fair with Beaux Arts Bath, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Sept 2024 Gallery Launch, Vibe Fine Arts, Soho, NY, USA
May-July 2024 Allegory Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Jan 2024 London Art Fair with Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Oct 23-Jan 24 170th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Sept 23-Jan 24 Animaux Fantastiques, Louvre Lens, Lens, France
Sept-Oct 2023 British Art Fair with Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
June-July 2023 Joint Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK
June-Aug 2023 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Apr-Dec 2023 Public exhibition on the 50th Anniversary of death of Pablo Picasso, Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Vie, Mougin, France
May-Aug 2023 Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Mar-May 2023 <Transmission>, LKFF Art Projects, Beersel, Belgium
Mar-Apr 2023 The Menagerie Within (joint exhibition with Ray Caesar), James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
Jun-Aug 2022 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
May 2022 Joint exhibition (with Eric Roux-Fontaine), M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston MA, USA
Dec-Jan 2022 Solo Exhibition - Soul Stories, Hugo Galerie, Soho, NY, USA
Sep-Oct 2021 Presence, LKFF Art Projects, Beersel, Belgium
Sep-Oct 2021 Summer Collective - Hugo Galerie, SoHo, NY, USA
Jul-Aug 2021 Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK
Mar 2021 Exhibition Collective, M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston, USA
Jan-Feb 2021 New Year New Art, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, USA
Nov-Dec 2020 Beasts (joint exhibition with Helen Flockhart), Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Nov 2020 Solo Exhibition - There is no dark until something shines…, Hugo Galerie, Soho, NY, USA
Feb-Apr 2020 Art In Doom, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA, USA
Feb-Mar 2020 Art We Love, M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston MA, USA
Feb-Mar 2020 Winter Collective II, Hugo Galerie, Soho, NY, USA
Jan 2020 London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Nov 2019 SOFA Sculpture Projects Functional Art and Design, Hugo Galerie, Chicago, USA
Oct-Nov 2019 Solo Exhibition – New Sculptures, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, UK
July 2019 Market Art and Design, Hugo Galerie, Bridgehampton Museum, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
Jun 2019 Back to the Drawing Board, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Jun 2019 Solo Exhibition - Power and Vulnerability, M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston MA, USA
Mar-Jun 2019 RWA Sculpture Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Mar 2019 AAF Art Fair, Brussels, LKFF Art and Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Jan 2019 London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Dec 2018-Feb As the Crow Flies, Bo Lee Gallery, London, UK
Nov-Dec 2018 Solo Exhibition – Minotaur, The Golden Thread, Hugo Galerie, Soho, NY, USA
Oct-Nov 2018 Magical Realism, Hugo Galerie, Soho, NY, USA
Sep 2018 Hybridization and duality, LKFF Art and Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Jul-Aug 2018 Mythos, Charlie Smith London, London, UK
Apr-Jun 2018 Solo Exhibition – Shadow Stories, LKFF Art and Sculpture Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Mar-Jun 2018 Sawdust and Sequins: The Art of the Circus, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
Jan 2018 London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Oct 2017 Solo Exhibition of New Work, Beaux Arts Bath, UK
Feb 2017 Making Bronzes, Milwyn Casting, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking, UK
Jan 2017 London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Jan 2017 Group Show, M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston MA, USA
Oct 2016 Solo Exhibition - Between the Ancients and Me, Hugo Galerie, Soho, NY, USA
Sep 2016 Group Show, Panter and Hall, London, UK
Jun-Aug 2016 Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath, UK
Jun-Aug 2016 Chuchoter À Travers La Rivière, Hugo Galerie (NY) at Stanek Galerie, Philadelphia, USA
May 2016 Inaugural Exhibition, M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston MA, USA
Jan 2016 London Art Fair, Beaux Arts Bath, London, UK
Jan 2016 Winter Fête Group Show, Georges Bergès Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
Oct 2015 ODYSSEY, Bo.Lee Gallery, The Chapel of The House of St Barnabas, London, UK
Sep-Oct 2015 Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, UK
Sep 2015 Beirut Art Fair, Galerie Rauchfeld (Paris, France), Beirut
Sep 2015 Abditory, Bo.Lee Gallery, London, UK
Jul-Sep 2015 Winter Collective, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
May 2015 Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong, represented by Bo.Lee Gallery (UK)
Apr 2015 Minotaur on Box sculpture on display, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France
Mar 2015 Dessins du Sculpteurs, Galerie Rauchfeld, Paris, France
Jan-Mar 2015 Winter Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, Soho, New York, USA
Dec 2014-Jan Winter Collective, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Dec 2014 A Christmas Cabinet, Bo.Lee Gallery, The Hepsibah Gallery, London, UK
Nov 2014-Jan The Shining Guest, Solo Exhibition, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Nov 2014 A Lamb in Wolf’s Clothing, Bo.Lee Gallery, Bermondsey, London, UK
Jul-Sep 2014 Summer Collective, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Jun-Oct 2014 Summer Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, Soho, New York, USA
Jun-Jul 2014 Odyssey, Bo.Lee Gallery, St Edmund’s in the City, London, UK
Mar-Apr 2014 Solo Exhibition - Dancing with Morpheus, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Feb-Mar 2014 Solo Exhibition - Dancing with Morpheus, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Jan-Mar 2014 Winter Collective, Axelle Fine Arts, Soho, New York, USA
Jan 2014 Art Palm Beach, represented by Bertrand Delacroix Gallery (Chelsea, New York), Florida USA
Nov-Dec 2013 Solo Exhibition - Dancing with Morpheus, Axelle Fine Arts, Soho, New York, USA
Sep 2013 Lucid, Bo.Lee Gallery, Clerkenwell, London, UK
Jul-Sep 2013 Summer Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Jul-Aug 2013 Summer Salon, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
May-Jul 2013 A Beautiful Death, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Mar-May 2013 Giant Snails and Tiny Lions, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Apr-May 2013 Spring Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Mar-Apr 2013 Spring Collective, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Feb-Mar 2013 Winter Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, Soho, New York, USA
Jan-Feb 2013 Winter Group Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Jan 2013 Winter Group Show, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Jan 2013 Nocturnes: Romancing the Night exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York, USA
Jan 2013 London Art Fair, Islington, London, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
Nov 2012-Jan True Identity, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Jul-Sep 2012 Summer Salon, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Jul-Sep 2012 Unnatural-Natural History, Royal West of England Academy, Coates & Scarry, UK
Jul 2012 Bloomsbury Art Fair, London, represented by View Art Gallery, UK
Jun 2012 Shadowside, Blackall Studios, London, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
May 2012 Art Melbourne, Coates & Scarry (UK), Melbourne, Australia
Mar-Apr 2012 Spring Group Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Mar-Apr 2012 Veiled Voyages, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Jan-Mar 2012 Amalgamation, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Jan 2012 Three Kingdoms, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
Jan 2012 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
Nov 2011-Jan In Darkness Blooms, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Nov-Dec 2011 Winter Group Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Nov 2011 Crunch Art Fair, Hay-on-Wye, represented by View Art Gallery, UK
Nov 2011 Hunting The Hunted, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
Oct 2011 Art London Chelsea, London, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
Oct 2011 Solo Show - Leading The Giant, Bo Lee Gallery, Bath, UK
Jun 2011 Darkness to Light, The Octagon Chapel, Bath, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
Feb-Mar 2011 Winter Group Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA
Jan 2011 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
Nov 2010 -Jan Here and Now, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
Oct 2010 Art of Giving, Group Show and Charity Auction, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Oct 2010 Art London Chelsea, London, represented by Bo Lee Gallery, UK
Feb-Apr 2010 Comfortably Strange, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
2010 Affordable Art Fair, New York, represented by Will's Art Warehouse (London), USA
2010 Group Show, Mauger Modern Gallery, Bath/London, UK
2010 Solo Show, Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK
Nov-Dec 2009 Christmas Show, View Art Gallery, Bristol, UK
2009 Group Show, Mauger Modern Gallery, Bath/London, UK
2009 Chichester National, (Selected National Art Competition), UK
2008 National Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (Award for Works on paper), UK
2008-2009 Joy Experiment - Cross-artform collective tour, S.W. England, UK
2008 Two-person show, Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall, UK
2008 Works on Paper Group Show, The Royal Academy, London, UK
2008 London Art Fair, represented by Four Square Arts, Brighton, UK
2007-2008 Autumn Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2006 Beauty and the Beast, Stourhead Gardens, National Trust / ACE, Commission, UK
2006 Solo Show, Queens Street Gallery, Emsworth, UK
2005-2007 Brighton Art Fair, UK, Glasgow Art Fair, UK, Art London, UK, Dublin Art Fair, Eire
2005 Solo show, Badcocks Gallery, Newlyn Cornwall, UK
2005-2008 Group Shows, Plus One Plus Two Gallery, London, UK
2004 Olympia Art Fair, London (Individual Artist Award), UK
2003 Group Show, No. Six Chapel Row, Contemporary Art Gallery, Bath, UK
2000 148th Selected Open Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2000 Wandsworth Arts Festival, Alders & Hobbs Dept. Store Window Exhibition, London, UK
1999 Millfield Open Exhibition, Group Show, Somerset, UK
1999 Spike Island Launch Exhibition, Bristol, UK
1997 Fabulous Beasts, Group Show, Hampshire Sculpture Trust, Hampshire, UK
1995 Northern Graduate Show 95', The Royal College of Art, London (Awarded 1st Prize), UK
Awards, Residencies & Research
2017 South West Regional Prize, National Open Art Competition, Mercer’s Hall, London, UK
2007-2009 Research travel, Gambia, Kenya and Tanzania
2006 Two month Residency at Bronze Casting Foundry, in Guadalajara, Mexico
2002 Research travel and work, Womad World of Music and Dance, New Zealand
2000 South West Arts, UK, Individual Artist Award to produce new body of work
1997 Research travel, Sri Lanka and India, studying devotional / mythological Sculpture
1996 Northern Arts, UK, Travel Award to Crete
1996 South West Arts, UK, Travel assistance grant
1995 First Prize, Northern Graduates Show, The Royal College of Art, London
Press & Publications
Apr 2025 New York Times, Newspaper article, Charlie Cox Thought He’d Missed…, 5 Apr 2025
Apr 2024 Westcountry Life, Newspaper supplement UK, The big interview, https://bit.ly/WCN-bi
Sep 2023 Connaissance des arts – hors série, Magazine France, Animaux Fantastiques Louvre Lens
2023 Louvre Lens/Snoeck, Hardback Book France, Animaux Fantastiques, ISBN 978-94-6161-787-3
May 2023 Provance-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, website France, Exhibition ‘The Minotaur’ by Beth Carter
Apr 2023 Arts Libre, Newspaper, France, ABC de l’art contemporain
Apr 2023 Le Soir, Newspaper, France, <<Transmission>>, une exposition pour rêver et jouer
Dec 2021 Expo Artist, Website, Beth Carter – Soul Stories, https://expoartist.org
July 2021 Beaux Arts Bath, Video, Beth Carter - Sculptor, https://bit.ly/BCVideoBAB
Nov 2020 The Edinburgh Reporter, Newspaper UK, Arusha Gallery present ‘Beasts’, https://bit.ly/AGB01
Oct 2020 Muskegon Museum of Art, Editorial and cover image, Minotaur Reading, https://bit.ly/MMA-BC
Jul 2020 Muskegon Museum of Art, Video, Minotaur Reading in MMA Gallery, https://bit.ly/ BC1MMA
Jul 2020 Muskegon Museum of Art, website, Minotaur Reading in MMA Gallery, https://bit.ly/MMAW1
Nov-Dec 2018 Evolver Magazine Editorial, Beth Carter
July 2018 Artlyst, Online Magazine, Mythos Against Innovation - Edward Lucie-Smith http://bit.ly/3arWXdz
Apr 2018 Bristol Life, Magazine editorial, Send in the Clowns
May 2017 Wall Street International, Interview with Daniel Gauss, Tales to Kill Sorrow, Beth Carter
Sep 2016 The Bath Magazine, Magazine editorial, Shapeshifters, Beth Carter
Sep 2016 The Bath Magazine online, website, Beth Carter sculpture, http://bit.ly/1W5XQxR
Oct 2015 ArtMusoCreative, Online Magazine, Beth Carter, http://bit.ly/1W5XZkH
Apr 2015 Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France, Newsletter, http://bit.ly/25dihOm
Dec 2014 Proletarian Art Snob, Blog, Top 10 Solo Shows of 2014, bit.ly/1LBJ7m6
Nov 2014 View Art Gallery, The Shining Guest, The art of Beth Carter, 108pp book
Nov 2014 Bristol Post, Newspaper, Beth Carter, The Shining Guest, http://bit.ly/1FGijOx
Nov 2014 Tail of Wood, Blog, A Lamb in Wolf’s Clothing, http://bit.ly/1Djs58y
Aug 2014 Great Museums, Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City, TV Documentary
Jun 2014 Wall Street International, Web Magazine, Odyssey, http://bit.ly/1youxbk
Jun 2014 The Times, National Newspaper, Image for advertising, AAF Art Fair
Jun 2014 The Guardian, National Newspaper, Image for advertising, AAF Art Fair
Jun 2014 London Evening Standard, Newspaper, Image for advertising, AAF Art Fair
Jun 2014 London underground, Billboard Advertising, AAF Art Fair Hampstead
Jun 2014 AAF Art Fair, Website, AAF Hampstead Advertising
Feb 2014 Arte Fuse Website, Beth Carter, Dancing with Morpheus at Bertrand Delacroix Gallery
Feb 2014 Examiner, Blog, Art Listings, Beth Carter, Dancing with Morpheus
Jan 2014 Fine Art Connoisseur, Web Magazine, Beth Carter’s Magical Realism
Oct 2013 Wall Street International, Web Magazine, Beth Carter, Dancing with Morpheus
Sep 2013 Axelle Fine Arts, Gallery Website, The Minotaur of Newbury Street and his visitors
Jan 2013 Innomind.org, ‘Artist Spotlight’ The National Arts Club, NY, http://bit.ly/XDSmLN
Jul 2012 The Arbuturian Magazine (UK) ‘Bloomsbury Art Fair’ review, http://bit.ly/YWrT7G
Jan 2012 View Art Gallery, Amalgamation, exhibition review (video), http://bit.ly/WEt2Xk
Dec 2011 Examiner Blog, Holiday Group Show in Chelsea, review, N.Y. http://exm.nr/15ImuaL
Sep 2011 Creative Boom, Leading the Giant, review, http://bit.ly/YU6Tlk
Feb 2011 The Second Hanging, Chelsea Galleries - Part 2, http://bit.ly/ZBEmSE
Dec 2010 Coates and Scarry, Blog, Beth Carter’s Internal World, http://bit.ly/13PXOPa
Dec 2010 Juxtapoz Magazine, Beth Carter’s Internal World, http://bit.ly/XDUJyb
Feb 2010 View Art Gallery Comfortably Strange, exhibition review, http://bit.ly/ZBGpq5
Dec 2009 Imagine - Own Art, BBC (UK) Television, work featured Winter 2009, Episode 3 of 6
Oct 2008 Metro Newspaper (UK), Darkness reigns at Bristol Contemporary, http://bit.ly/Yo5FLU
2008 Royal Opera House, London, image promoting The Minotaur, Sir Harrison Birtwhistle
2008 Muse magazine, article on work
2004-2012 Who's Who In Art Directory, entries in 2004-12 publications
2003 Decode magazine, article on work
Projects
2019 Collaborative Animation for A Small Tale, Punchdrunk Engagement, UK
2019 Collaborative Animation for Malory Towers theatre production by Emma Rice / Wise Children
UK theatre tour and national cinema release
2019 Collaborative Animation for Wise Children, theatre production by Emma Rice / Wise Children
UK tour
2008-2009 Joy Experiment, touring artist collective, South West England, UK
2004 Private commission of life-size bronze figure, UK
1995-2001 Environmental art projects including Womad Festival, Las Palmas, Sicily, NZ and UK
1999-2002 Commissioned of animal/figurative costumes for Aardman Animation and Bristol Old Vic, UK
1996 International Sculpture Symposium, Granite, Wood and Bronze Workshop, Aberdeen, UK